diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index f7806a6..366fc16 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 pr/test:
   - tests/*
+  - tests/fixtures/*
 pr/GitHub:
   - .github/*
 pr/IMGkit:
-  - src/*
+  - src/imgkit/*
 pr/documents:
   - '*.md'
   - 'LICENSE'
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 71af159..7a73ed9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 .idea
 *.pyc
 *.jpg
+*.png
 
 # Build
 .cache
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2b8ee22..1eb0e8c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ body = """
     <meta name="imgkit-orientation" content="Landscape"/>
   </head>
   Hello World!
-  </html>
+</html>
 """
 
 imgkit.from_string(body, 'out.png')
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e74989b..758a3c8 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [metadata]
 # replace with your username:
 name = imgkit
-version = 1.2.1
+version = 1.2.2
 author = Jarrekk
 author_email = me@jarrekk.com
 description = Wkhtmltopdf python wrapper to convert html to image using the webkit rendering engine and qt
diff --git a/src/imgkit/api.py b/src/imgkit/api.py
index 5c812fb..e9b40f0 100644
--- a/src/imgkit/api.py
+++ b/src/imgkit/api.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ def from_url(
     options=None,
     toc=None,
     cover=None,
-    configuration=None,
+    config=None,
     cover_first=None,
 ):
     """
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def from_url(
         options=options,
         toc=toc,
         cover=cover,
-        config=configuration,
+        config=config,
         cover_first=cover_first,
     )
     return rtn.to_img(output_path)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ def from_file(
     toc=None,
     cover=None,
     css=None,
-    configuration=None,
+    config=None,
     cover_first=None,
 ):
     """
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def from_file(
         toc=toc,
         cover=cover,
         css=css,
-        config=configuration,
+        config=config,
         cover_first=cover_first,
     )
     return rtn.to_img(output_path)
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def from_string(
     toc=None,
     cover=None,
     css=None,
-    configuration=None,
+    config=None,
     cover_first=None,
 ):
     """
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def from_string(
         toc=toc,
         cover=cover,
         css=css,
-        config=configuration,
+        config=config,
         cover_first=cover_first,
     )
     return rtn.to_img(output_path)
diff --git a/src/imgkit/imgkit.py b/src/imgkit/imgkit.py
index 0b72c21..67b56cd 100644
--- a/src/imgkit/imgkit.py
+++ b/src/imgkit/imgkit.py
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ def _command(self, path=None):
 
         options = self._gegetate_args(self.options)
         options = [x for x in options]
-        # print 'options', options
         if self.css:
             self._prepend_css(self.css)
 
@@ -231,7 +230,9 @@ def to_img(self, path=None):
         # string and prepend css to it and then pass it to stdin.
         # This is a workaround for a bug in wkhtmltoimage (look closely in README)
         if self.source.isString() or (self.source.isFile() and self.css):
-            string = self.source.to_s().encode("utf-8")
+            # HTML charset should be UTF-8 as encoding via utf-8
+            charset_meta = '<meta charset="UTF-8">'
+            string = (charset_meta + self.source.to_s()).encode("utf-8")
         elif self.source.isFileObj():
             string = self.source.source.read().encode("utf-8")
         else:
diff --git a/src/imgkit/source.py b/src/imgkit/source.py
index dfe09a0..4d89127 100644
--- a/src/imgkit/source.py
+++ b/src/imgkit/source.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 import io
 import os
 
+from six import text_type
+
 
 class Source:
 
@@ -17,12 +19,12 @@ def __init__(self, url_or_file, type_):
     def isUrl(self):
         """URL type"""
 
-        return "url" in self.type
+        return "url" == self.type
 
     def isString(self):
         """String type"""
 
-        return "string" in self.type
+        return "string" == self.type
 
     def isFile(self, path=None):
         # dirty hack to check where file is opened with codecs module
@@ -47,4 +49,7 @@ def isFileObj(self):
         return hasattr(self.source, "read")
 
     def to_s(self):
-        return self.source
+        if isinstance(self.source, text_type):
+            return self.source
+        else:
+            return text_type(self.source, "utf-8")